Articles and Essays
Select Essay and Articles
Filmmakers:
Lisandro Alonso: Into the Wild – The Stranger, 2009
Lisandro Alonso: Space, Time, Cinema – Parallax View, 2009
Ride Lonesome: The Career of Budd Boetticher – Essay – Senses of Cinema, 2005
Budd Boetticher: An Introduction – Essay and introduction to a collection of pieces on Budd Boetticher for Parallax View, November 2008
Budd Boetticher: A DVD Wish List – Essay – Parallax View, November 2008
Mario Bava: Master Choreographer of the Giallo’s Dance of Death - Essay – Parallax View, October 23, 2008
The Soul of Cinema: Robert Bresson – Coverage of Robert Bresson film retrospective at Seattle’s Grand Illusion – Seattle Weekly, March 1999
Aki Kaursmaki: “Heaven and Helsinki“ – Coverage of Aki Kaursmaki film retrospective at Seattle’s Grand Illusion – Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 9, 2004
Melville’s Army of Shadows – Essay on Jean-Pierre Melville’s “Army of Shadows” with a brief career overview – GreenCine, June 23, 2006
Sacred Cinema: Yasujiro Ozu Retrospective – Coverage of Yasujiro Ozu film retrospective at Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum – Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 3, 2005
Jean Renoir: Master of the Game – Essay – GreenCine, April 3, 2007
Lighter Than Air: The Films of Jacques Rivette – Coverage of Jacque Rivette film retrospective at Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum – Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 2, 2007
Ousmane Sembène: Godfather of Black African Cinema – Essay – seanax.com, March 2008
The Incendiary Cinema of Douglas Sirk – Essay – GreenCine, March 1, 2007
“Pull ze Strings!” – Ed Wood – Essay – GreenCine, March 13, 2007
Orson Welles: The Enigmatic Independent – Essay – GreenCine, August 2003
The Making, Unmaking and Reclamation of Touch of Evil – Essay – Parallax View, October 2008
Other:
Philip K. Dick’s dark dreams still fodder for films – Feature on the influence of science fiction author Philip K. Dick’s work on contemporary cinema – Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 26, 2002
Henri Langlois: “The Best Film Programmer on Earth” – Essay – GreenCine, August 2006
Musicals: Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance – Essay – GreenCine, November 2003
Science Fiction Cinema – Essay – GreenCine, November 2003
Thirteen Landmarks of Italian Horror; or, There’s Always Room for Giallo – Essay – Parallax View, November 2008
Godzilla: A Brief Guide to the Lizard King of Tokyo – Essay, GreenCine, July 2003
MSN Features – Movies
Now Playing at a Theater Near You: TV! – the best and worst shows to make the leap from small screen to big (July 2004)
Political Films: Strange Bedfellows (November 2004)
Johnny Depp: A Movie Star on His Own Terms (November 2004)
Top Ten Heist Films (December 2004)
We Wuz Robbed: Oscar Snubs 2005 (January 2005)
Beyond the Cape and Cowl: Alternative Comic Book Movies (March 2005)
The Doom Generation: Hollywood’s History of the Future (July 2005)
Unhappily Ever After (August 2005)
Men At War: Hollywood’s Top Ten Soldier Stories (November 2005)
We Wuz Robbed! Oscar Subs 2006 (February 2006)
She Kills Me: Top Ten Femme Fatales (March 2006)
Top Ten Movie Parodies (April 2006)
Horror Reheated: The Best, Worst and Most Eccentric Horror Movie Remakes (June 2006)
Cold-Blooded Killers (August 2006)
Few Surprises, Many Snubs – Oscar Nomination Snubs 2007 (January 2007)
The Cinema of Scam – Con Movies (April 2007)
Top Ten Phony Celluloid Rock Bands (December 2007)
Living Room Road Trips (August 2008)
Oscar Snubs 2008 (January 2008)
Secret Societies of the Silver Screen (May, 2009)
Kiss Me Deadly: Hollywood’s Baddest Screen Gangsters (June 2009)
MSN Features – TV
Why Buffy Still Slays Us (Nov 16, 2004) – TV
Trek Essentials (June 1, 2005)
Ten Best Cop Shows on DVD (July 11, 2005)
I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts: Channel Surfing the Supernatural (Sept 23, 2005)
Landmark TV Westerns (June 16, 2006)
Killer Serials: Our All Time Favorite TV Serials (Sept 15, 2006)
TV’s Most Creative Producers (Oct 31, 2006)
The Best Sci-Fi TV You’re (Probably) Not Watching But Should Be (June 15, 2007)
MSN Features – DVD
Best DVD Extras (Nov 2, 2005)
Best and Worst Director’s Cuts on DVD (Nov 29, 2005)
2006 Holiday DVD Gift Guide (Nov 23. 2006)
The King Lives: The Best of Elvis on DVD (August 14, 2007)
